User and system interface issues in the purchase of imaging and information systems.

abstract：:The residency review committee of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) collects data on resident exam volume and sets minimum requirements. However, this data is not made readily available, and the ACGME does not share their tools or methodology. It is therefore difficult to assess the integ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Chen PH,Loehfelm TW,Kamer AP,Lemmon AB,Cook TS,Kohli MD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an effective tool used in determining disease stage and lesion malignancy; however, radiation exposure to patients and technicians during PET scans continues to draw concern. One way to minimize radiation exposure is to reduce the dose of radioactive tracer administered in...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kaplan S,Zhu YM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fiber tracking allows the in vivo reconstruction of human brain white matter fiber trajectories based on magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (MR-DTI), but its application in the clinical routine is still in its infancy. In this study, we present a new software for fiber tracking, developed on top of a general-...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Dellani PR,Glaser M,Wille PR,Vucurevic G,Stadie A,Bauermann T,Tropine A,Perneczky A,von Wangenheim A,Stoeter P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communicating radiological reports to peers has pedagogical value. Students may be uneasy with the process due to a lack of communication and peer review skills or to their failure to see value in the process. We describe a communication exercise with peer review in an undergraduate veterinary radiology course. The co...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： McEvoy FJ,Shen NW,Nielsen DH,Buelund LE,Holm P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A traditional radiological workflow is compared with one based on radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS). X-ray workflow process was considered in both radiology departments. First, the study identified the main phases of the research work as follows: Process Analysis, Data ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Mariani C,Tronchi A,Oncini L,Pirani O,Murri R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) scans usually include some disadvantages due to the nature of the imaging procedure, and these handicaps prevent accurate abdomen segmentation. Discontinuous abdomen edges, bed section of CT, patient information, closeness between the edges of the abdomen and CT, poor contrast, and a narrow hi...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Koyuncu H,Ceylan R,Sivri M,Erdogan H

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Web educational resources integrating interactive simulation tools provide students with an in-depth understanding of the medical imaging process. The aim of this work was the development of a purely Web-based, open access, interactive application, as an ancillary learning tool in graduate and postgraduate medical ima...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Papamichail D,Pantelis E,Papagiannis P,Karaiskos P,Georgiou E

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An integrated picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is a large investment in both money and resources. With all of the components and systems contained in the PACS, a methodical set of protocols and procedures must be developed to test all aspects of the PACS within the short time allocated for contract co...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Lewis TE,Horton MC,Kinsey TV,Shelton PD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive cephalocaudal anatomic (Z-axis) coverage can lead to unnecessary radiation exposure to a patient. In this study, an automated computing model was developed for identifying instances of potentially excessive Z-axis coverage with abdomen-pelvis examinations. Eight patient and imaging attributes including patie...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Zhang M,Wellnitz C,Cui C,Pavlicek W,Wu T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a computerized method of calculating a breast density index (BDI) from digitized mammograms that was designed specifically to model radiologists' perception of breast density. A set of 153 pairs of digitized mammograms (cranio-caudal, CC, and mediolateral oblique, ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Boone JM,Lindfors KK,Beatty CS,Seibert JA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of artifact images, obtained over 5 years of performance testing, of both computed radiography (CR) and integrated digital radiographic X-ray imaging detectors are presented. The images presented are all either flat field or test object images and show artifacts previously either undescribed in the existing l...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Honey ID,Mackenzie A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this communication is to report on the testing of the disaster recovery capability of our hierarchical storage management (HSM) system. Disaster recovery implementation is a requirement of every mission-critical information technology project. Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) certainl...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Avrin DE,Andriole KP,Yin L,Gould R,Arenson RL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study is to provide the clinical end users of an enterprisewide picture archiving and communication system/Web application with a thorough understanding of the application and education to maintain patient privacy and protection. ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Cook K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A C-language software program has been developed for emulating the image enhancement processing of a storage phosphor plate system. This software has been implemented on a VAX 3400 computer. There are 2,100 lines of C-language code in the program. There are seven parameters used to specify the degree of enhancement. T...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Templeton AW,Wetzel LH,Cook LT,Harrison LA,Eckard DA,Anderson WH,Hensley KS

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bar-code terminal network under software control of a microcomputer was added to the minicomputer-based radiology information system at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. The bar-code network was specifically installed to address the inherent inaccuracies occurring when procedure information was entered at t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： David G,Gregory S

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this study was to determine the reproducibility of the reading of wrist trauma case radiographs using three different media: laser film, a picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) workstation, and paper with an optimized layout. The study was conducted retrospectively in 200 consecutive pati...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Teixeira P,Zabel JP,Baumann C,Albizzati S,Coudane H,Winninger D,Blum A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy, precision, and rapidity of liver volumes calculated by using a freehand electromagnetic pen tablet contourtracing method as compared with the volumes calculated by using the standard optical mouse contourtracing method. The imaging data used as input for accuracy an...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Perandini S,Faccioli N,Inama M,Pozzi Mucelli R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While uncertainty is ubiquitous in medical practice, minimal work to date has been performed to analyze the cause and effect relationship between uncertainty and patient outcomes. In medical imaging practice, uncertainty in the radiology report has been well documented to be a source of clinician dissatisfaction. Befo...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Reiner BI

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of percutaneous, surgical, and medical therapies for vascular malformations (VMs) is often difficult to quantify volumetrically using cross-sectional imaging. Volumetric measurement is often estimated with serial, expensive MRI examinations which may require sedation or anesthesia. We aim to explore whether...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Speir EJ,Matthew Hawkins C,Weiler MJ,Briones M,Swerdlin R,Park S,Brandon Dixon J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway diseases are frequently related to morphological changes that may influence lung physiology. Accurate airway region segmentation may be useful for quantitative evaluation of disease prognosis and therapy efficacy. The information can also be applied to understand the fundamental mechanisms of various lung disea...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Lee M,Lee JG,Kim N,Seo JB,Lee SM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image file format is often a confusing aspect for someone wishing to process medical images. This article presents a demystifying overview of the major file formats currently used in medical imaging: Analyze, Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative (Nifti), Minc, and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medici...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Larobina M,Murino L

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Architectural distortion is an important sign of breast cancer, but because of its subtlety, it is a common cause of false-negative findings on screening mammograms. This paper presents methods for the detection of architectural distortion in mammograms of interval cancer cases taken prior to the detection of breast c...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Rangayyan RM,Banik S,Desautels JE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ontology offers a human-readable and machine-computable representation of the concepts in a domain and the relationships among them. Mappings between ontologies enable the reuse and interoperability of biomedical knowledge. We sought to map concepts of the Radiology Gamuts Ontology (RGO), an ontology that links dis...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Filice RW,Kahn CE Jr

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical images produced by x-ray detectors, computed tomography (CT) scanners, and other modalities typically contain between 12-16 bits/pixel, which corresponds to 4,096-65,536 shades of gray. On the other hand, we see that these images are visualized by means of medical displays that have much lower available number...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kimpe T,Tuytschaever T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a unique medical technical application for illustrating the success and/or failure of the physiological healing process as a dynamically morphed video. Two examples used in this report include the healing of a severely fractured humerus from an explosion in Iraq and the other of dramatic tissue des...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Penska K,Folio L,Bunger R

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A teleradiology system acquires radiographic images from one location and transmits them to one or more distant sites where they are displayed and/or converted to hard-copy film recordings. The long-term goal of teleradiology research is to show that teleradiology systems can provide diagnostically equivalent results ...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Stewart BK,Dwyer SJ 3rd,Kangarloo H

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is continual pressure on the radiology department to increase its productivity. Two important links to productivity in the computed/digital radiography (CR/DR) workflow chain are the postprocessing step by technologists and the primary diagnosis step by radiologists, who may apply additional image enhancements t...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Thomas MA,Rowberg AH,Langer SG,Kim Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, several types of post-processing image filter which was designed to reduce noise allowing a corresponding dose reduction in CT images have been proposed and these were reported to be useful for noise reduction of CT images of adult patients. However, these have not been reported on adaptation for pediatric p...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Nishimaru E,Ichikawa K,Okita I,Tomoshige Y,Kurokawa T,Nakamura Y,Suzuki M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have addressed the implications of filmless radiologic imaging on telemedicine, diagnostic ability, and electronic teaching files. However, many publishers still require authors to submit hard-copy images for publication of articles and textbooks. This study compares the quality digital images directly...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Christian ME,Davidson HC,Wiggins RH 3rd,Berges G,Cannon G,Jackson G,Chapman B,Harnsberger HR

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different digital medical images have been printed on paper with a continuous ink jet printer, and the quality has been evaluated. The emphasis has been on digital chest radiographs from a computed radiography system. The ink jet printing technique is described as well as the handling of the image data from image sour...

journal_title：Journal of digital imaging

authors： Kirkhorn T,Kehler M,Nilsson J,Lyttkens K,Andersson B,Holmer NG

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00